Genealogy Forum UK

Free BMD has:
Jun 1874 (>99%)
Shorter Amy Margaret Edmonton 3a 177

So it looks like the 1881 census on FMP is inaccurate but I don't know if it's transcription error or not.

I can't find a suitable death on FreeBMD and there are a handful of marriages for Amy Shorter but none for Amy M or Amy Margaret but none in Suffolk.

FMP has a couple of possibilities in their death index:
SHORTER Amy M Surrey North Western Surrey 1949
SHORTER Amy M Bromley Kent 1962
But I only have access to the index not to the items themselves.

Its not that easy to read but...

1891. 8 Surrey Street, Northside Private School, Lowestoft
Joanna? Parker, head, 72, principle of school, Norfolk
Lucy A, sister, 76, Teacher
Minnie, Sister, 73? Teacher,
Amy Shorter, Boarder, 14, Pupil, Highgate
Maud Horsfield, boarder, 12, pupil
Minnie Frankling? serv, 21, Domestic Servant

1901. 7 Surrey Street Northside, Lowestoft
Joanna Parker, head, 42, School mistress, norfolk
Lucy, sister, 40, School Mistress
Minnie, sister, 33, School assistant
Amy Shorter, serv, 26, School assistant, Camden Highgate
Eleanor Youngs, boarder, 13, Norfolk Horstead
Ellen Knoghts, serv, 19, general Domestic Suffolk

1881 does say Ann M

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941

Shorter Victoria of 33 Brunswick avenue New Southgate Middlesex widow died 21 may 1928 Probate London 19 June to Amy Margaret Shorter and Kathleen Mable Shorter spinsters. Effects £275

Thanks for the full census. That means more delving but some of the family names seem familiar, I suspect their may be a Southgate connection, possibly Joanna was an aunt.

And that's an interesting little titbit with the probate. Victoria is probably the mother (I have her death as 1928) and it rules out marriage for the two girls before 1928.

I must go, I'm in the doghouse; I'm supposed to be working on the new wetroom.

This can be archived, Thanks all.